Song of Songs 2:9-17

9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he stands behind our wall; He is looking through the windows, Gazing through the lattice.

10My beloved spoke, and said to me: “Rise up, my love, my fair one, And come away.

11For lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone.

12The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing has come, And the voice of the turtledove Is heard in our land.

13The fig tree puts forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grapes Give a good smell. Rise up, my love, my fair one, And come away!

14“O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the cliff, Let me see your face, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your face is lovely.”

15Catch us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vines, For our vines have tender grapes.

16My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies.

17Until the day breaks And the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, And be like a gazelle Or a young stag Upon the mountains of Bether.